Zopa, the oldest of P2P lending sites, certainly in the UK, has announced that it’s raised a new “multi-million pound” round led by Augmentum Capital, the VC fund backed by RIT Capital. That the company isn’t being more specific with the figure, however, suggests that it may not have reached the heights of its previous C Round, which CrunchBase pegs at $12.9m. It also comes at a time when the UK… → Read More
RateSetter, the UK peer-to-peer lending site that competes with Zopa and, less directly, Funding Circle, has raised a further £600,000 in a new round of funding from existing and new undisclosed investors. This brings the total raised by the startup to £1.5m, while the new cash injection will be spent primarily on marketing.
RateSetter, which launched in October 2010 and saw £1m lent by users… → Read More
RateSetter, the UK peer-to-peer lending site that competes with Zopa and, less directly, Funding Circle, has announced that it has seen £1 million lent through its platform since the site launched just two months ago. That’s a fairly big number, although perhaps a reflection of the lousy interest rates offered by high street banks at the moment and the hard times people are facing. → Read More
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